Preceded by Shibdas Ghosh Name Nihar Mukherjee | Role Politician Succeeded by Provash Ghosh | |
Political party Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Residence Kolkata, West Bengal, India Died February 18, 2010, Kolkata Party Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
Nihar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI (C)). He was a founding member of the party in 1948 and became the General Secretary after the death of Shibdas Ghosh in 1976. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Proletarian Era, the official newspaper of the organization.
During Mukherjee's early political career, he was a leader of the Anushilan Samiti. He was jailed during the Quit India movement. Nihar Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 in Kolkata. The party held a massive memorial meeting on 3 March 2010 to mourn the death of Nihar Mukherjee in the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.
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